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Muellerina

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Muellerina may refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muellerina, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1030254	https://www.gbif.org/species/1030254
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	24299	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=24299

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Hemicytheridae : Muellerina

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Hemicytheridae : Muellerina

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Ostracoda	Latreille 1802
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Podocopida	Sars 1866
superfamily	Cytheracea	Baird 1850
family	Hemicytheridae
tribe	Coquimbini	Ohmert 1968
genus	Muellerina	Bassiouni 1965

Scientific Name

Muellerina Bassiouni, 1965

Name Published In

Bassiouni, M. A. (1965). Über einige Ostracoden aus dem Interglazial von Esbjerg. Meddelelser fra Dansk Geologisk Forening. 15 (4): 507-520.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Muellerina	genus	belongs to Coquimbini	stated without evidence	Hazel, 1983
Muellerina	genus	belongs to Podocopida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (20%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Ostracoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Ostracoda)

Vision

limited (based on Ostracoda)

Diet

detritivore, grazer (based on Podocopida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Ostracoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muellerina

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Muellerina bassiounii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Muellerina blowi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Muellerina canadensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Muellerina cribrosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Muellerina hazeli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Muellerina latimarginata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Muellerina lienenenklausi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Muellerina micula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kempfidea ohmerti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Muellerina wardi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Mullerina Bassiouni, 1965	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Hemicytheridae : *Mullerina*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1965	Muellerina Bassiouni
1983	Muellerina Hazel p. 99
2002	Muellerina Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Hazel J. E. (1983) Age and correlation of the Yorktown (Pliocene) and Croatan (Pliocene and Pleistocene) formations at the Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 53, 81-199

Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 244-251 - via World Register of Marine Species

Bassiouni, M. A. (1965). Über einige Ostracoden aus dem Interglazial von Esbjerg. Meddelelser fra Dansk Geologisk Forening. 15 (4): 507-520. - via World Register of Marine Species

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Meddr dansk Geol. Foren. 15 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hartmann, Gerd, and Harbans S. Puri, 1974: Summary of neontological and paleontological classification of Ostracoda. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, band 70. 7-73. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Hazel, Joseph E. / Ray, Clayton E., ed., 1983: Age and Correlation of the Yorktown (Pliocene) and Croatan (Pliocene and Pleistocene) Formations at the Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, no. 53: Geology and Paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, I. 529. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Hansson, H.G. (Comp) Crustacea (1998) NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): South Scandinavian marine Crustacea Check-List. Internet pdf Ed., Aug. 1998. [http://www.tmbl.gu.se]. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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